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Space Raiders

Produced by Hopscotch Theatre Company, Space Raiders is a sketch comedy for young audiences about two AI space pirates on a cosmic quest to find Siri. On their journey across the universe, they collect relics of the past and present, discovering what it truly means to be human - and, more importantly, what it means to be friends.

Space Raiders was created in collaboration with the P4 and P5 classes at St Saviour’s Primary School in Govan through participatory in-school workshops. In our initial development period, we focussed on building sketches through a hybrid devised/writing process and finding creative ways of devising with AI. We will soon begin rehearsals for a full schools tour of the production.

26 March - 24 April 2025

Initial Development Period - Hopscotch HQ, Glasgow

24 April 2025

In-school Performance Sharing - St Saviour’s Primary School, Glasgow

Lead Artist & Writer Gregor McKay

Dramaturg Josh Dodds

Composer Gary Cameron

Performers

Megan Lovat & Sandy Bain

Produced by Hopscotch Theatre Company

Mouth Sounds

Mouth Sounds is a non-verbal, vocal sounding collective. We come together to create improvised experiments with the sounds we can make with our mouths; from drones to shouts, to screeches and hums, playing with pitch, volume and duration. Listening and togetherness are the guiding principles of Mouth Sounds. We try to enhance the sounds being made by the others in the space, encouraging participation and using visual scores, instructions and choreography to shape and extend our vocalisations.

We have begun to develop different strands of performance; donning oversized ears and engaging in character-driven, play-centred improvisation for young audiences as “The Listeners,” and for theatre/performance audiences, engaging in more abstract, structured improvisation. We also run workshops to share our practice with new groups and experiment with new forms of participation and collective sounding.

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Performance History

09 March 2023
Performance at Tablespoon Theatre Scratch Night, Ushi’s Coffee Corner, Glasgow
01 July - 15 July 2023
Residency in Wexford, Ireland
14 October 2023 + 21 October 2023
Workshops at Play Cafe, Platform, Glasgow
07 April 2024
Performance Sharing at Single End Collective Studio, Southside Studios, Glasgow
16 May 2024
Workshop at Full House Fridays, Platform, Glasgow
27 May 2024
Workshop at Monday Night Drama, Platform, Glasgow
12 July 2024
Performance at By Our Hands We Make Our Way, Nottingham
20 October 2024
“The Listeners” - SPT Wheels & Thrills Family Day, Buchanan Bus Station, Glasgow
15 December 2024
Performance at Rumpus Room Fundraiser, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow
23 January 2025
Performance at Events Research Programme Scratch Night, The Old Hairdresser’s, Glasgow
11 March 2025
Performance at Electronic Experimentations, The Flying Duck, Glasgow
14 March 2025
“The Listeners” - Romp Around, The Bowling Green, Glasgow
19 April 2025
“The Listeners” - SPT Round & Round Subway Fun Day, Glasgow Subway, Glasgow

Mouth Sounds

Julia Darrouy, Josh Dodds, Sean McGarvey & Seán Talbot

Additional Collaborators

Kaiya Bartholomew (SPT Wheels & Thrills)

Lucy Stewart (SPT Round & Round)

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The Secret Lives of Christmas Trees

Commissioned by RIG Arts as part of the 2021 Light Up the Glen, The Secret Lives of Christmas Trees began as a site-sensitive performance procession through Auchmountain Glen in Greenock. Designed for families and created in participation with local residents, the show asks children and adults to think about what Christmas trees get up to when everyone else is asleep. As they travel through the magically lit-up glen in search of the elusive Shy Christmas Tree they hear the voices of the other trees that surround them and start to discover a world right under their noses, encountering their local area anew.

The performance has since been reworked to include a treasure hunt, where our audience find presents to give to our Shy Christmas Tree that help remind us of the words to our new Christmas hit so we can all sing along together. We have performed at many festive events across Glasgow and Paisley and continue to adapt the show to new spaces and settings.

Performance History

11 December 2021 Auchmountain Glen, Greenock
09 December 2022 Auchmountain Glen, Greenock
10 December 2022 Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley
24 December 2022 Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow
24 December 2023 Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow
21 December 2024 BAaD - Barras Art & Design, Glasgow
23 December 2024 Cotters Theatre, Glasgow